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...country's highest Iraqi official, was assassinated last month in a car bomb Zarqawi quickly claimed credit. Now he shows the act, in graphic footage shot from a parked car: A convoy of white SUVs disappears down a Baghdad street, followed a moment later by a ball of flame and explosion so intense the windscreen through which the cameraman films cracks before your eyes...
...whether he wants the riderless horse, the pomp of the National Cathedral--but he must be wondering whether he will rate the same outpouring of tears and encomiums as Reagan, whether his personal Armageddon will ever be resolved and his reputation restored or whether, instead of a placid eternal flame at his grave, he'll have to make do with occasional, torrid blasts of heat lightning...
...Number of kilometers the Olympic flame will travel on its world tour, taking it through 6 continents, 27 countries and 33 cities before arriving in Athens in July...
...investments. In the 1990s "suddenly venture capitalists became rock stars," says Mark Heesen, president of the National Venture Capital Association. Since 1970 venture capitalists (VCs) have pumped $339 billion into start-ups; these companies have created 10.1 million jobs and collected $1.8 trillion in sales. But stars tend to flame out as quickly as they ignite. By the time the Internet-bubble burst, "vulture capitalists" were tainted as part of the lunatic feedback loop that sent valuations of newly public companies into the stratosphere. After three years of retrenchment, the community of some 900 U.S. investment firms is eager...
...humor to being the flamethrower. While waiting to be loaded onto the ships at dockside, I would often light a cigarette using my weapon. Being experienced with it, I knew all the safety factors. I could, without triggering the propelling mechanism, light a cigarette by simply producing a small flame at the mouth of the gun. In doing so, it produced the same hissing sound as when the thrower was actually being fired. When my team would hear the terrifying sound, I would immediately be the only one on the dock...